UN Experts “Shocked” at Lengthy Prison Sentence for Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, ...
Prisoners of Conscience
March 13, 2019
Widow of Dual National Who Died in Iranian Custody Sues Judiciary for Banning Her from Travel
The widow of an Iranian Canadian academic who died under suspicious circumstances in Tehran’s Evin Prison has sued a judicial official for ...
March 12, 2019
Reformist Politician Abolfazl Ghadyani Ordered to Copy Out by Hand Supreme Leader’s Book
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March 12, 2019
EU Foreign and Defence Ministry Condemns Conviction of Nasrin Sotoudeh
The diplomatic service and foreign and defence ministry of the EU, European Union External Action (EEAS), has condemned the conviction of prominent Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh and urged Iran to guarantee her and her husband ...
March 11, 2019
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Says She Has Been Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison
[Editor's Note: Based on Nasrin Sotoudeh's written notes of her verdict (she was denied a physical copy), which she gave to her husband ...
March 8, 2019
Open Letter to National Geographic: Failure to Report Context in Iran is Dangerous
National Geographic has failed to report on the death of a prominent wildlife conservationist in Iran in an article about wildlife conservation in Iran. The conservationist, Dr. Kavous ...
March 8, 2019
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Slaps Azeri Rights Activist With New Charges, Claim He’s Organizing Protests from Prison
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry is pressing new charges against prominent Azeri ethnic rights activist Abbas Lesani, ...
March 6, 2019
Iranian Belgian Academic Arrested in Iran on Unspecified “Security Charges”
A dual national academic who has taught at the University of Tehran and the Catholic ...
March 5, 2019
Nasrin Sotoudeh, Attorney Who Defended Hijab Protesters, Convicted of “National Security” Crimes
Prominent Human Rights Defender Was Facing Decades in Prison, Sentence Unclear March 5, 2019 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
March 4, 2019
US-Based Environmentalist Detained in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Environmentalist Afshin Sheikholeslami Vatani, a US permanent resident, was arrested on February 17, 2019, at his father’s home ...
March 1, 2019
Political Prisoner Sews Lips Shut to Protest 13-Year Prison Sentence for Peaceful Online Activities
Twenty-seven-year-old political prisoner Ali Bazazordeh has sewed his lips shut and started a hunger strike in Evin Prison’s Ward 4 to protest ...
March 1, 2019
Lawyer of Juvenile Offender on Death Row Says Client Mohammad Kalhori Should be Pardoned
Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution ...
March 1, 2019
Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi May Have a Debilitating Disease But She’s Being Denied an MRI
Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi is being denied medical treatment despite possibly suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), ...
February 27, 2019
Families Denied Access to Secretive Trial of Iran’s Detained Conservationists
International Outcry Against Rampant Denials of Due Process Detained conservationist Morad Tahbaz was summoned to two closed-door sessions February 24-25, 2019, in Tehran’s ...
February 26, 2019
Intelligence Ministry Denies Labor Activists Qoliyan and Bakhshi Medical Treatment
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February 26, 2019
UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Child Offender Mohammad Kalhori
UN, Geneva, February 21, 2019 -- Iran must immediately halt the imminent execution of child offender Mohammad Kalhori, say a group of UN human ...
February 25, 2019
26 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Free Conservationists
Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently ...
February 22, 2019
Intelligence Ministry Threatens Families of Labor Activists Bakhsi, Qoliyan With Prosecution
The Intelligence Ministry in the city of Shush, southwestern Iran, summoned the families of detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi and freelance ...
February 19, 2019
Choosing Raisi as Judiciary Head Will Be a “Catastrophe” for Justice in Iran
The appointment of Ebrahim Raisi, who participated in “death commissions” that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of prisoners in Iran in 1988, as Iran’s next head of the judiciary, will represent a complete repudiation of the rule of law and a reward for those ...
February 19, 2019
Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”
Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases After protesting the prosecution’s use of false statements she had made under the threat of torture, Niloufar Bayani has been absent from three ...
February 15, 2019
Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards
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February 14, 2019
Imprisoned Journalist Hamed Aynehvand Denied Right to Post Bail in Iran
Aynehvand Denied Legal Counsel by Hardline Judge Mohammad Moghiseh Judicial officials in Evin Prison in Tehran are illegally preventing the release of political journalist ...
February 14, 2019
Sugar Mill Workers Call for International Action to Free Detained Colleagues Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan
Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Pressured to Retract Torture Allegations A union representing workers of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill in the Iranian city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, has called on individuals and international ...
February 14, 2019
Ten Detained Political Activists and Environmentalists Denied Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Ten political activists and environmentalists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province between December 31, 2018, and January 6, 2019, ...
February 12, 2019
Unable to Move His Arm, Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization for Infected Biopsy Wound
“What’s certain is that he needs to be urgently hospitalized” Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, has lost ...